Soda-fountain and ice-cream service or dispensing apparatus



April 16, 1929.

w. F. BEATTY SODA FOUNTAIN AND ICE CREAM SERVICE OR DISPENSING APPARATUS 4 9 1 0 2 t C o d e l i F s 3a A I II a I? .f...( r\. r V 0 2 J 2 m x J 8 W a z x 21 Ila k 6 I 53;; a 3 9 4 Patented A r. 16, 1929.

UNITED sr T-Es PAT T) orFicE.

WILLIAM F. IBEATTY,'OF 'CINCIN NAT I, OHIO.

Sena-nonhuman]; Ice-01mm SERVICE on msrnnsme APPARATUS.

Application filed October 20, m4. Serial No.'744,826.

This invention relates to combination soda-fountain and ice-cream service-apparatus, taking 1nto consideration at the same cabinet with an internal turn-table on which,

a multiplicity of ice-cream containers or cans are mounted whereby one or more of the cans can be brought to the front to the actual 1 point of service for the better convenience of the. attendant in facilitating the removal of the contents of the cans in portions to suit the piecemeal demands of the consumers I. thereof, and without undue reaching or stretching, or any-unnegessary leaning forward to accomplish such purpose. The said turn-table support further enables the ready removal and replacing of cans from and into the cabinet, and without removing its cov-' ering or closing top. v

Another important object of the invention is to provide a lid that slides horizontally. into cans themselves.

- Still another important object of the in-- a concealing receiver-pocket structure for the cabinet and that enables the use of. the cans without any lids on them directly and,

' also, tofurther 'rovide a dry air and insulatorstructure or the-cabinet top-lids and the walls-that prevents sweatin or 'conden sation-within the ice-cream c amber that .would otherwise drip into the cream, es pecially if no lids ar'e used directly on the vention .is to provide means, through the "use of'said turn-table, support for'the cans,

of imparting 'a rotary mov'ement'that causes a circulation of the brine within the cabinetand keeps itat a uniform refrigeration throughout to have a like effect on the frozen contents of all the cans. i

Y Still another object of'a' minorpart'ofthe invention herein is to provide an unob-.

structed slab or flat top to the rear half of the cabinet for very'material use in. display-.

- mg goods connected with the business where the cream is sold or dispensed, or in arranging and holding dishes, tableware, cakes,

each other if nuts andthe like in theice-cream or other frozen-mixture service.

Still another quitemate'rial" advantage or object of my invention herein is'to dispense with the use of ice and otherwise solely provide mechanlcal-refrigeration means to maintain the hardened or frozen contents of" the cans within the cabinet that contains a brine that-surrounds the can-encompassin jackets, the latter, in turn, being mounte on the aforesaid turn-tables or rotatorybases for the said uniform circulatox% effects and to enable the many different nds of frozen can-contents to be brought to the Figure 1 is an 0 en, persepective view showing one end of t e'cabinet in-cross-sec-* tion' and the other end broken off at the middle portion of the device, which is' a double-service one and withitwo of thejacketedscans omitted, and. the view otherwise showing the usual coil used in the chambers, at the said center of the device, for. imparting the freezing cold-retaining medium to the brine contents of the cabinet; Fig. 2, a detail cross-section of a fragmentary part 'of the central portion of the turntable mount and its pivot-box in the bottom at the cabinet, such bottom of the cabinet being shown broken off, too, and in section; Fig. 3, a detail plan'view of the said pivotbox for setting the turn-table incthesaid bottom of the cabinet, but the bottom and the turn-table omitted, a part only of the pivot-shaft being shown in thiS, V16W;

Fig. 4, a plan view of one rotatory-service end of my mprovedcabinet when made double and withthe other. rotatory-service,

endbroken off, as in Fig. 1', but showing the up r insulator filler-blocks between the can-. t -;jac ets, and 'with' but one ofsaid erstbtherearhalfofthe the display-board referred to above, leaving room to the front of said syrup containers for holding glasses and the like used in the service of beverages and the ice-cream; Fi 6, a cross-section of one of the closure-1i s showing on its under surface the desired form herein of insulator-structure to obviate sweating of the said closure-lid within the cabinet chamber below;-Fig. 7, a plan view of the cabinet, showing it in double form and in combination with an array of soda fountain syrup-containers that are intended for convenient use in connection with the ice-cream dispensers to the front of the device, this view further showing one of the top closure-lids pushediback for access to the two forwardly-turned cream-containers and the other top closure-lid in its forward and closed position, over the dispenser-compartment, not being used simultaneously by the attendant; and Fig. 8, a perspective view of the cabinet taken as an entirety, but omitting the soda-fountain apparatus, however,

and with one of its closure-lids shown open, for access to the pair of ice-cream containercans below or within.

9 and 10 indicate opposite longitudinalwalls of the cabinet-having insulated hollow interiors 11; and 12 is the bottom of the cabinet, of similar construction, with an insulated hollow interior 13 and an upper superposed hollow layer 14, as best seen in Fig. 1, such insulated structures being pro vided to preserve the freezing-cold within the cabinet and, also, correspondingly prevent condensation or sweat on theoutside of the cabinet. The top or cover 15 of the cabinet is of like insulated construction and has a pair of rectangular openings 16 and 17 therein for access 'to the contents of the cabinet that is divided centrally into two chambers by means of a vertical partition 18 so as to use the two chambers independently,-

if desired, especially when but one chamber 1 is required for the service that may vary during different seasons of the year. A coil 19 is mounted in the cabinet to convey the mechanicallypropelled freezing mixture into contact with the fluid brine-contents of the cabinet-for preserving the congealed and hardened condition 'of the cream in the cans 20 that are placed or inserted in the jackets '21 so as to be out of direct-contact with the brine that is placed in the cabinet up to tered together by means of a surrounding metal band or hoop 22, rivets 23 being used therefor, and, between the upper ends of said jackets and, also, between said upper ends of the jackets and the said band or hoop I provide or insert fillers or suitably shaped blocks of insulator material 24, the thickness of which corresponds to the width of the said band or hoop, and from the central filler-block I project downwardly a rod or shaft 25 that practically constitutes a pillar duly incased within a tube or cylinder 26, the lower end of which pillar being inserted and held within a socketed block 27, as best seen in Fig. 2, and the lower end of said pillarbeing passed on downwardly through a central opening made in the bottom of an upwardly-flanged pan or disk 28 that forms a turn-table from which the said.

jackets project upwardly in quadrant spaces between four upright partitions 29 that project radially from the lower end of the said tube 26 in the said pan or disk 28 and thus stiffen or strengthen the pan bottom and provide chambers for the bottoms of the respective jackets and their contained io'e cream cans.

The said lower end of the said vertical pillar 25 extends through a central opening in the upright box 30 of a horizontal plate 31 that is detachably-secured by means of bolts 32 to the upper face of the cabinet bottom, a square head 33 "being provided at. the said lower end to prevent the pillar turn.- ing and such angular head being otherwise further clamped within the said upright box by the further turning home of the said bolts 32. At the upper end of the said pillar 25 I provide a cotter-pin 34 and awasher 35 to' reliably and conveniently secure said upper end in vertical position in the cabinet for the turn-table 28 and its supported jackets 21 that contain the ice-cream cans- 20 for dispensing-service of their respective contents. The said upper end of the pillar 25 extends upwardly througlf an orifice made in theaforesaid central filler-block.

'Thin blocks or plates 36 are provided on the inner faces of the upright walls of the cabinet to space the metal bands or hoops 22 at the top of the rotatory can-supporting device therefrom and at the same time provide a wear contacting surface to otherwise stabilize the said rotatory device in the cabinet and prevent its tilting or leaning.

The jackets 21 are suitably spaced from each other sothat'the chilled brine may circulate freely and uninterruptedly between them, and thereby maintain the same in uniformly freezing-cold condition entirely around the jacketed cans, from top to bottom thereof.

' Lids 37 and 38-are provided in the openings 16and 17, respectively, of the top-cover 'zontally in grooves or ways 39 beneath the flat slab 40 on said top-cover 15, such slab being utilized to display or hold goods or things connected with the use of the cabinet and, also, *servingas a stop for limiting the rearward movement of the handles 41 on the said lids 37 and 38.

In Figs. 7 and 8, I 'show ,one-of the lids in an open position "and the other one closed,

which is the more common way of using the cabinet, but it is obvious that both lids can be slid into open position for the use ofboth chambers of the cabinet by more .than one attendant simultaneously. These lids are practically hiddenor concealed from View, when opened for access to the chambers within, and there is a decided advantage in having these sliding-lids, as they are not lifted to and fromplace nor do they otherwise need any separate convenient place to lay them down upon, as .is commonly the practice with removable lids in general use.

These lids are, further, preferably provided with insulated, metal bottoms 42 that freely move in ways 39 on the underside of the wooden slabs that com-prise them, and no sweating on the lower faces of theseinsulated facilitate the removal of the cans 20 when desired.

a In use, the rotatory can-supporting device, in each chamber of the'cabinet, makes it exccedingly possible and convenient to dis pense the cream or other contents of the respective cans or containers from a single point, which is located at the front next to the attendant, so that it saves him from uncomfortable and undue reaching toward the'rear partof the cabinet to et at the con- I tents of the-cans, as in the old style of cabt'ur'e or rotatory carrier-device within the cabinet. All of which is important, as it inets wherein a number of kinds of cream are present for access inserving- In Figs. 4,7 and 8 I have shown several cans at the front before the attendant, in convenient position for him to serve equally well from either can and to include two kinds of cream, or a cream and a fruit-ice, as thecase may be. 4

Itwill be-seen, too, that a number of patrons can 'be served with the same or a variety of ice-cream and other frozen products without the attendant or server moving or shifting away from the one point at the front through the use of the turn-table strucsaves time and the strength of the said server, and does "not otherwise wear on-the floor or the shoes.

The -rotatory device herein can be easilyturned aroundits upright rod orv pillar 25 by inserting the tips of the fingers in the upper ends of the cans, or pressing on the skirting parts of the filler 24 and drawing .or pushing forwardly in a circular path thereon, so as to bring either one or two of the plurality of cans to the front-for dispensing-service, or for replacing cans as L may become necessary in replenishing the supply.

A man-hole 45 is provided in the front of the cabinet for adjusted-connection with the electrical, mechanical, or other similar compressor means of refrigeration other than that of broken ice and the like in general use in service-cabinets.

It is obvious that, instead of a variety ofice-creams or fruit-ices being placed-in the cabinet, the same kind of'frozen product can be placed therein and part of the cans held backin storage or reserve, as it were,

ready to be turned into forward or frontpoint position for convenient dispensing or parcellmg out 1n the ordrnary servlce,

especially when but one popular flavor is in demand or required, and that often happensl It will be obvious, too, that uniform refrigeration to all the ibe-crea-m' containers is alike assured in the installation of a cabinet containing my rotato y turn-table can car rier-support within, wherever the ice-cream or refrigerated product is served.

. In'using the cabinet, as herein shown and described, the brine-solution is placed in the main-receptacle so asto surround the jack eted-cans to a depth of a, few inches-below the top thereof, and the act of rotating the turn-table carrier-device with the said jackthe said solution into well-min led circulation and adapted to reach all parts of the said jacketed-cans without entering the tops thereof and liabilit of the solution getting into the contents 0 said cans. There is no loose lids on thetops of the cans, nor on the 115 I top-cover 15 to become misplaced or in'the way of the attendant or others using the cabinet, and said top-cover can be readily removed for' any desired purpose or foraccess to the interior of the cabinet.

An array of soda-fountain syrup pump eted-cans. thereon serves to agitate or move a and container jars 46 is provided across the top of the rear edge of the cabinet in convenient position for accessory use in connection withthe ice-cream cabinet service; This is simply an adjunctive feature and is; very useful in the use'to which my improved cabinet is put. I

.Iclaim:

combination, a main single-chambered re-.-

1. An ice-cream cabinet comprising, in

ceptacle adapted to contain a mechanicallyre rigerated liquid-brine solution or pool of suitable depth therein, a revoluble base pan or tray pivotally mounted ,in the bottom of the said main pool receptacle, a plurality of upright suitably coupled hollow columns or pillars supported in the said revoluble base pan or tray and adapted to form closedbottom jacket inclosure-members for containing ice-cream freezer cans under horizontally-rotatable segregate control, and a cover-member provided on the said main pool receptacle and having one 01' more lidalmost full-depth therein, an upright central rod or shaft around which the said turntable is adapted to rotate, a plurality of upright cylindrical members forming hollow jackets that are mounted in circular array on thesaid turn-table, a band encircling the upper ends of said jackets and secured thereto, filler-blocks closing the spaces lying between the upper ends ofvsaid jackets and said hands, a removable cover-1nember mounted on the liquid-brine container-chamber of the cabinet and having openings therein for access to the cream-containers and, also, to the interior of the said brinefilled chamber, and an inter-slidable lid for closing the said openings. 1

WILLIAM F. BEATTY'. 

